Category: Australia

Four new stamps, showing popular sports in Australia, will be issued by Australia Post on 22 August 1991. They replace four of the higher denominations in the Living Together definitive series. Earlier Sports series concentrated on family-oriented and ‘fun’ sports. The third series is devoted to competitive sports. The designs…

View More Australia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III

View More Australia Philately: 1991 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.211 (August-September)

Details Series: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) Subject: Skateboarding Typography: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio Printer: Pemara Labels, Notting Hill Press: Kopak rotary machine Process: Rotary Letterpress Colours: Yellow – Pink – Magenta – Black – Cyan (printing order) Paper: Jac-PS Stamp Paper 170 gsm semi-gloss white laminated…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) – 43c Skateboarding (Peel and Stick)

Details Series: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) Subject: Skateboarding Typography: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Moorabbin Process: Photolithography Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Black – Pink Paper: CPL unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14.4 (imperforate at top and bottom) Sheet: Printed in…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) – 43c Skateboarding (Stamp Booklet)

Details Series: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) Subject: Hang-Gliding Typography: Sue Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Scoresby Press: Process: Photolithography (sheet and booklet stamps) Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Mauve-Pink – Black Paper: Harrison unwatermarked white paper incorporating helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.6…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) – $1.20 Hang-Gliding

Details Series: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) Subject: Skateboarding Typography: Sue Passmore, Russell Bevers Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Moorabbin Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Black – Pink Paper: CPL (43c sheet and booklet stamps) Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14.4 (comb) Sheet:  Printed in six…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values) – 43c Skateboarding

Postal rates in Australia will rise on 3 September 1990, requiring new definitive stamps to be issued. Two new values in the Sport Series II set will be released on 27 August 1990 in anticipation of the rise. The issue will complete Sport Series II which began with the 41c…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II (New Values)

  Details Date of Issue: 1 May 1990 Withdrawn Date: Designer: Jim Passmore, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio, Melbourne Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Scoresby Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.33 x 13.85 (comb) Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects

View More Australia Philately: 1990 150th Anniversary of the First Postage Stamp

Rock climbing was once considered as a contributing skill to mountaineering. It began gaining popularity in its own right during the late 1940s and 50s. Australia is well-endowed with rock-faces, crags and outcrops for enthusiastic climbers to pursue their sport. Popular Australian rock-climbing sites are the Glasshouse mountains in Queensland,…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II – 65c Rock-climbing

Sailboard riding is a recently developed water sport, combining basic principles of sailboarding and surfing. The sport originated in California in the late 1960s. Paradoxically, sailboarding was not taken up immediately in surf-loving countries. It became the “in” sport of the sheltered lakes of Europe, and from there the sport…

View More Australia Philately: 1990 Sport Series II – 10c Sailboarding